"The landscape doesn't stay the same," said IBM's Alistair Rennie. "There's a better way and that better way is integration. The assets you have are valuable. They work. They're built by excellent people. Why don't we just integrate them?"

An AT&T executive, who fanned the flames of subscriber anger last December by hinting at the possibility of usage-based wireless bandwidth pricing, says the wireless capacity crunch is a problem requiring industry-wide cooperation.

As the FCC prepares to unveil its ambitious National Broadband Plan, broadcast industry groups appear to be digging in their heels in opposition to a proposal that would see them relinquish some of their unused spectrum.

XChange 2017 featured dozens of vendors – including Extreme, Ingram Micro, Ruckus Wireless and many others – promoting their automation platforms, data backups, cybersecurity solutions and other offerings. Here are 30 products that stood out from the pack.